Jim Dalrymple doesn't like Apple Music


At some point, enough is enough. That time has come for me--Apple Music is just too much of a hassle to be bothered with. Nobody I've spoken at Apple or outside the company has any idea how to fix it, so the chances of a positive outcome seem slim to none.

As if all of that wasn't enough, Apple Music gave me one more kick in the head. Over the weekend, I turned off Apple Music and it took large chunks of my purchased music with it. Sadly, many of the songs were added from CDs years ago that I no longer have access to. Looking at my old iTunes Match library, before Apple Music, I'm missing about 4,700 songs. At this point, I just don't care anymore, I just want Apple Music off my devices.

This week I added a new album from CD and didn't have any issues using Apple Music. I double checked and best I can tell iTunes Match worked fine bringing that music from my main iTunes library to my iPhone. The catch though is the main computer is still running an older version of iTunes. i don't use my desktop that much anymore and I just get lazy about keeping it up to date.

I'll make a note to make sure I back up that iTunes library just in case.